France: Recovery … at last!
By Mathieu Plane, Bruno Ducoudré, Pierre Madec, Hervé Péléraux and Raul Sampognaro The OFCE’s forecast for the French economy in 2015-2016 is now available. Not since the […]
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Concerning the Macron law “to promote growth, activity and equal economic opportunity”
By Henri Sterdyniak The Macron Law is certainly not the “law of the century”. It is a patchwork of about 240 provisions of varying importance. […]
Recovery aborted
By Christophe Blot This text draws on the article “Le piège de la déflation: perspectives 2014-2015 pour l’économie mondiale” [The deflation trap: the 2014-2015 outlook for […]
Does growth in the euro zone really depend on a hypothetical German fiscal stimulus?
By Christophe Blot and Jérôme Creel The debate on economic policy in Europe was re-ignited this summer by Mario Draghi during the now traditional symposium […]
Dealing with the ECB’s triple mandate
By Christophe Blot, Jérôme Creel, Paul Hubert and Fabien Labondance The financial crisis has sparked debate about the role of the central banks and monetary […]
France: gradual adjustments (forecasts)
2014-2015 outlook for the French economy By Éric Heyer, Marion Cochard, Bruno Ducoudré and Hervé Péléraux In 2013, the French economy grew at an annual […]
Revising the budget in Croatia: yes, but … for whom and why?
By Sandrine Levasseur Under the excessive deficit procedure that Croatia has been subject to since 28 January 2014, the country’s government has been obliged to revise […]
Growth in the 4th quarter of 2013, but …
By Hervé Péléraux According to the OFCE’s leading indicator, the French economy has grown by 0.5% in the fourth quarter of 2013. This result, which […]
Does financial instability really undermine economic performance?
By Jérôme Creel, Paul Hubert and Fabien Labondance What relationship can be established between the degree to which an economy is financialized (understood as the […]
When Brazil’s youth dream of something besides football…
By Christine Rifflart The rise in public transport prices had barely been in force for two weeks when this lit the fire of revolt and […]